Privacy Commissioner Completes Compliance Check On Social Media Data Incident

On August 22, the Privacy Commissioner issued a press release announcing the completion of its compliance check into suspected misuse of users' personal data on a social media platform. The compliance check found no evidence that any account holders in Hong Kong were affected by the incident but recommends that social media operators adopt a culture of data protection.

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